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Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
Giuliani OK after checkup at hospital — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Republican Rudy Giuliani planned to head home to New York City on Thursday after spending the night in a St. Louis hospital getting checked out for flu-like symptoms, his campaign said. — “After precautionary tests …
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John Harwood / Wall Street Journal:
Giuliani Loses Lead In Republican Race — Ex-Mayor Is Tied With Romney In National Poll of Republicans — WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani has lost his national lead in the Republican presidential race, creating the party's most competitive nomination fight in decades just two weeks before voting starts.
CNN Political Ticker:
Down to the wire in Iowa: Dems in a dead heat — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses and it — appears to be a dead heat in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in the Hawkeye State, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll out Thursday morning.
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Tom Tancredo / You Decide 08!:
TOM TANCREDO TO DROP OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL RACE — Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo plans to drop out of the race during an announcement Thursday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, GOP sources close to the campaign have told FOX News. — Tancredo, who has aggressively pushed …
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George Merritt / Associated Press:
Tancredo to abandon presidential bid
Tancredo to abandon presidential bid
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Shakespeare's Sister
David S. Bernstein / The Phoenix:
WAS IT ALL A DREAM? — EXCLUSIVE: Mitt Romney claims that his father marched with MLK, but the record says otherwise — In the most-watched speech of his political career, speaking on “Faith in America” at College Station, Texas, earlier this month, Mitt Romney evoked the strongest …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Congress Averts Higher Tax Bill for Middle Class — WASHINGTON — Congress on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan that will spare millions of middle-class taxpayers higher taxes in the coming months. The White House welcomed the development and said President Bush would sign the bill.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes
C.I.A. to Cooperate With House on Tapes
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Shakespeare's Sister, Buck Naked Politics, Guardian, Prairie Weather, Cliff Schecter and New York Observer
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Fire Breaks Out on White House Grounds
Fire Breaks Out on White House Grounds
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Reuters:
Powerful Iraq cleric may extend freeze on militia — NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is considering extending a freeze on the activities of his powerful Mehdi Army militia, his official spokesman said. — “Yes, there is a chance that the freeze on the Mehdi Army …
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Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Official: Justice Dept. slowed probe into phone jamming — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department delayed prosecuting a key Republican official for jamming the phones of New Hampshire Democrats until after the 2004 election, protecting top GOP officials from the scandal until the voting was over.
New York Times:
In Charity and Politics, Clinton Donors Overlap — Over the last decade, former President Bill Clinton has raised more than $500 million for his foundation, allowing him to build a glass-and-steel presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., and burnish his image as an impresario of global philanthropy.
Tucson Citizen:
Crackdown has illegal immigrants leaving Arizona — NOGALES, Sonora - It's a common scene this time of year: streams of overloaded cars, pickups and vans with U.S. license plates crossing into Mexico for the holidays. — Most are filled with Hispanic families from Arizona and other states …
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Post / Washington Post:
Clinton Advisers Say Edwards Is a Threat — 2-WAY RACE? DO I HEAR 3? — Clinton Advisers Say Edwards Is a Threat — INDEPENDENCE, Iowa — Advisers to Hillary Clinton have been pushing the notion that John Edwards poses a growing threat in the Iowa caucuses, suggesting …
Micah Zenko / Washington Post:
A Nuclear Site Is Breached — South African Attack Should Sound Alarms — An underreported attack on a South African nuclear facility last month demonstrates the high risk of theft of nuclear materials by terrorists or criminals. Such a crime could have grave national security implications …
John Koblin / New York Observer:
Kristol, Krauthammer Are Out of Time — Bill Kristol. — Two conservative Time magazine columnists are on their way out the door: Neither William Kristol nor longtime contributor Charles Krauthammer will be on contract with the magazine starting next month.
Gay Patriot:
Sondra K-Grande Conservative Blogress Diva 2008 — When we launched the Grande Conservative Blogress Diva contest this year, we expected to have a number of blogresses nominated and seconded as we did. So, we assumed a run-off would be necessary. — What we did not anticipate was the number of glitches in this year's competition.
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Tammy Bruce